We will not be present on the earth when the beast and his mark arrive. This truth bears repeating. It is literally impossible for a Christian today to take the mark of the beast. Therefore, since the Tribulation has not started and the Antichrist has not yet been revealed and the Church has not yet been removed, then there is no way the mark can exist today.Ĭonsequently, we can say with 100% confidence that no Christian alive today will ever encounter the mark of the beast.
Paul says the coming of the Lord (i.e., the Rapture) comes before the day of the Lord (i.e., the Tribulation), and the day of the Lord does not come until the man of lawlessness (i.e., the Antichrist) is revealed. 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. 2:3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,ĢTh. 2:2 that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.ĢTh. 2:1 Now we request you, brothers and sisters, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,ĢTh. So until the Antichrist is ruling the entire earth, there can be no mark, and since the Bible says the beast and his mark do not appear on earth until the midpoint of the seven-year Tribulation, then the mark cannot exist in any form prior to the Tribulation.įurthermore, the Tribulation itself only begins after the Church has been removed from the earth at the resurrection, often called the Rapture, as Paul teaches: 2Th. The mark of the beast is called the mark "of the beast" because a man called "the beast" brings it into existence. The beast is also known as the antichrist, and according to the Bible, he institutes the mark when he takes command of the entire world at the midpoint of a seven-year period called Tribulation (for a complete understanding of these circumstances, please watch our Revelation Bible study).
The Bible is abundantly clear concerning what the mark will be and when it will occur, and given what the Bible says, we can say with assurance that virtually every speculation popular today is wrong.įirst, the timing of the mark is very specific. Scripture teaches that the mark of the beast comes at a certain point in history, and we have not yet reached that point. The rampant speculation on the nature of the mark of the Beast currently circulating the internet is mostly nonsense.
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